Evening recap

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Here are the day's key developments:

• The death toll in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel's genocide in October 2023 has risen to 68,865, the Palestinian health ministry announced. The majority of victims are women and children. The ministry added on Sunday that the number of wounded had increased to 170,670. 

• It said the bodies of seven victims arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, including three recently killed Palestinians, three recovered from under the debris, and one who succumbed to their wounds. Since the ceasefire took effect on 11 October, 236 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and at least 600 others wounded.

• Israeli forces launched attacks on Gaza and carried out home demolitions on Sunday despite the ongoing ceasefire agreement. 

• An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian health authorities said.

• Gaza’s Health Ministry says the bodies of 500 Palestinians have been pulled from the rubble since Israel’s assault supposedly paused under a US-brokered ceasefire.

• The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has confirmed the death of 63-year-old Mohammed Hussein Ghawadra from Burqin, near Jenin, who died today while being held by Israeli authorities.

• Israeli forces detained at least 21 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, including children.

• Israel has warned that its military will step up attacks in southern Lebanon, a day after four people were killed in an Israeli air strike. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel maintains troops in five areas in southern Lebanon and has carried out near-daily attacks.

• Israel’s prime minister’s office has confirmed that the bodies of three deceased Israeli captives have been handed over via the Red Cross and returned to Israel.